AMERICAN MOSAIC - Population Growth of the United States Leads Industrial Nations【DOC精选】.docVIP

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Population Growth of the United States Leads Industrial Nations Written by Lawan Davis, Jill Moss and Caty Weaver -- Broadcast Date: 4-14-2006 免费配套节目资料： MP3 声音? Real 声音? PDF 广播稿? - 下载免费配套节目资料，请用右键点击下载链接，然后在弹出的菜单上选择“目标另存为”。 增值会员专享资料： - 下载增值会员专享资料，直接用左键点击下载链接即可。 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. On our show this week… We play religious songs by Kirk Franklin… Answer a question about the Easter holiday… And report about population in the United States. Diversity in America HOST: The number of people in the United States is expected to reach three hundred million by October.?Studies by the Census Bureau show the population is growing one percent a year. This makes the United States the fastest growing industrial nation.?Sixty percent of this population growth is natural.?Forty percent is caused by people coming to live in the United States from other countries. Faith Lapidus tells about a new population study. Expanding home development in Corona, California FAITH LAPIDUS: The study by the Brookings Institution shows that more members of minority groups are moving to areas outside large cities. The study says many are moving to western and southern parts of the United States.?Population expert William Frey studied population changes in the United States between the years two thousand and two thousand four. Mister Frey says immigrants have traditionally settled in big cities where they had friends and family to provide support.?These include Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois and New York City.?Now, however, more immigrants are likely to choose areas for economic reasons.?Lower housing costs and more jobs are two reasons immigrants are moving to other parts of the country.?Mister Frey says the fastest growing cities for immigrants now are Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona, and Orlando, Florida. The Brookings study reports that the white population has dropped in more